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Man who threatened Women’s March organizers caught with ammunition

Written on 3 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Atascadero man convicted of making criminal threats on Facebook against the organizers of the Women’s March San Luis Obispo was allegedly found with 100 rounds of ammunition following a court order that he give up his firearms and ammo.... (Continue reading)

Two people injured in head-on crash outside San Luis Obispo

Written on 3 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Two people suffered injuries in a head-on crash on Los Osos Valley Road just outside the San Luis Obispo city limits Thursday morning. [Cal Coast Times] The cars collided at about 7:20 a.m. on Los Osos Valley Road just east... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach police officer killed in accidental shooting

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

Pismo Beach Police officer Sgt. Trevor Blevins was fatally shot in his Nipomo home on Sunday. [Cal Coast Times] At 5:35 p.m., a caller reported Blevins had been shot in his home on the 800 block of Tanis Place in... (Continue reading)

Los Osos woman pleads not guilty to manslaughter

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A 24-year-old Los Osos woman pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that could land her up to nine years in state prison over the death of a local pastor. [KSBY] On Nov. 18, Pastor Dale Paulsen of the Morro... (Continue reading)

South SLO County sanitation board does an about face

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER In September of 2017, South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board member alternates, Karen White from Oceano and Barbara Nichols from Grover Beach, voted to censure Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill. To censure someone is... (Continue reading)

Drug lab found at Santa Barbara preschool property

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Santa Barbara residential property that functions as a preschool and animal rescue facility also clandestinely functioned as a drug lab, with narcotics being manufactured, sold and used just feet away from where toddlers were learning, according to the Santa... (Continue reading)

California Women’s March canceled because of a lack of diversity

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The participants at events put on by a Northern California Women’s March have been “overwhelmingly white,” prompting organizers of the group to cancel an upcoming rally planned for later this month. [Cal Coast Times] Despite Humboldt County being predominately white,... (Continue reading)

Man killed outside Paso Robles bar was suspected serial burglar

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles man killed Friday while trying to stop a friend from driving was arrested in September for an alleged string of residential burglaries. [Cal Coast Times] On Sept. 20, a resident returned to a home... (Continue reading)

New year brings new social justice laws to California

Written on 2 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

In response to the Me Too movement, California has several new laws relating to sexual harassment. A pair of new laws prevent and invalidate settlement agreements that restrict the disclosure of information in sexual harassment cases. Likewise, employers with five... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly float wins Rose Parade Extraordinaire Award

Written on 1 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cal Poly universities’ float, featuring a pair of astronauts and a handful of animated extraterrestrials on an alien planet communicating through music, received the Extraordinaire Award for the most extraordinary float at the 130th Rose Parade held New Year’s Day.... (Continue reading)